Once more Pan-at-lee's trail ended at the verge of a cliff; but this
time there was no indication that she had leaped over the edge and
a moment's search revealed to Tarzan the stone pegs upon which she
had made her descent. As he lay upon his belly leaning over the
top of the cliff examining the pegs his attention was suddenly
attracted by something at the foot of the cliff. He could not
distinguish its identity, but he saw that it moved and presently
that it was ascending slowly, apparently by means of pegs similar
to those directly below him. He watched it intently as it rose
higher and higher until he was able to distinguish its form more
clearly, with the result that he became convinced that it more
nearly resembled some form of great ape than a lower order. It had
a tail, though, and in other respects it did not seem a true ape.
Slowly it ascended to the upper tier of caves, into one of which
it disappeared. Then Tarzan took up again the trail of Pan-at-lee.
He followed it down the stone pegs to the nearest cave and then
further along the upper tier. The ape-man raised his eyebrows when
he saw the direction in which it led, and quickened his pace. He
had almost reached the third cave when the echoes of Kor-ul-gryf
were awakened by a shrill scream of terror.
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The Tor-o-don
Pan-at-lee slept--the troubled sleep, of physical and nervous
exhaustion, filled with weird dreamings.
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